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El Jefe
10-22-2010, 10:38 AM
My dad purchased this computer pretty cheap, any computer pro's let me know what you think of the specs please, thanks!

Family: Latitude
Model: D620
Screen size: 14.1 Wide screen
Processor: Intel Core 2
Processor Speed: 1.8GHz
Memory: 2048 MB
Hard Drive: 80 GB
Internal Wireless Card: Dell 1490 DB 802.11A/G
Operating System: Windows XP Pro+
Video Ram: MB
pr_capone
10-22-2010, 11:00 AM
depends on how much he paid for it.
Shogun
10-22-2010, 11:01 AM
80GB harddrive?
kepp
10-22-2010, 11:29 AM
Entry level, pretty much. How much $$?
Pants
10-22-2010, 11:31 AM
Yeah, that's probably worth like $100-150, max.

I gave away one of my old computer that was better than that to my friend for free.
Donger
10-22-2010, 11:34 AM
Good lord. My 10 year old desktop (which I using right now) has those specs.
cookster50
10-22-2010, 11:35 AM
I don't know, turn the sound on and play some music, then you'll know how it sounds.
Fish
10-22-2010, 11:36 AM
The video RAM is kinda low.....

Probably worth $100 or so.
Coach
10-22-2010, 11:36 AM
Amatuar.
Bane
10-22-2010, 11:37 AM
Yeah that was pretty good back in 1995.I'd say $75 max.
Bowser
10-22-2010, 11:40 AM
Did it come with a copy of Doom 2 pre-installed?
The Franchise
10-22-2010, 11:41 AM
Sounds like it belongs in the Media Forum.
cookster50
10-22-2010, 11:42 AM
But to answer the question, if all this laptop is used for is checking email and crap online, then it will work fine.
Zaiko
10-22-2010, 11:44 AM
You don't actually say how much video ram it has. It's a basic computer. $150ish for a desktop seems right. I don't know prices on laptops because I don't give a shit about them.

Anyways, it'll work fine for basically anything outside of gaming/video editing/running a ton of stuff at once.
penguinz
10-22-2010, 11:51 AM
That is a decent machine as long as you have no plans on high end gaming or video editing.

But for use as a business/email computer it is just fine.

It's only 'weak' points are the amount of ram is has, small hard drive, and it has an intel graphics processor instead of a quality dedicated.
phisherman
10-22-2010, 11:52 AM
We were getting rid of these laptops by the truckload when I left Garmin. These had HORRIBLE issues with the built in video overheating. Seriously, I'd say I probably replaced 4-5 of these a week for video issues.
penguinz
10-22-2010, 11:56 AM
We were getting rid of these laptops by the truckload when I left Garmin. These had HORRIBLE issues with the built in video overheating. Seriously, I'd say I probably replaced 4-5 of these a week for video issues.I have always had issues with Dell's.
Hydrae
10-22-2010, 12:12 PM
I have an almost identical desktop at home I purchased new almost 6 years ago that my kids play WoW on. It does ok as long as you turn the graphics options down quite a bit. Just upgraded that HD to 1 TB last month for $60, hard drives are getting silly cheap.
Shogun
10-22-2010, 12:38 PM
That computer got fucking destroyed in this thread.
El Jefe
10-22-2010, 01:08 PM
Entry level, pretty much. How much $$?

$250
El Jefe
10-22-2010, 01:10 PM
$250

Woop, scratch that, he said he bought it for $125.00, got it delivered for $150.00
El Jefe
10-22-2010, 01:12 PM
That computer got ****ing destroyed in this thread.

Yeah it's no biggie, he bought it to give to this kid in our church who is majoring in computer programming. He wanted to get a crappy computer to mess around with.
Jethopper
10-22-2010, 04:12 PM
It sounds like this ....Beep bloop beep.....ding beep.......
Valiant
10-22-2010, 05:03 PM
Yeah it's no biggie, he bought it to give to this kid in our church who is majoring in computer programming. He wanted to get a crappy computer to mess around with.

He got ripped for the sole fact of delivery charge.. Could have went to goodwill and picked up something similar..

Depending on what programing he is doing it school it should suffice.. Great gesture none the less.
ArrowheadHawk
10-22-2010, 05:37 PM
I have always had issues with Dell's.

They work good for my company. That is all we sell. Dell PC's and Servers. We sell them all with a three year next business day warranty. How many pc companies can do that?

That being said don't buy the version they sell at Walmart.
ozarkchief
10-22-2010, 06:47 PM
The 620 isn't a bad machine...we have them in some of our schools and they've performed pretty well with mostly Office programs, Internet, etc. Video editing with Movie Maker works pretty decently too. The battery life doesn't seem that great though.
chasedude
10-23-2010, 02:38 AM
Yeah it's no biggie, he bought it to give to this kid in our church who is majoring in computer programming. He wanted to get a crappy computer to mess around with.

The compilers he'll use for his programming needs should work just fine on the system.

AND... a real nice gesture from your dad for giving it to him.

wish there more more people like you dad around in this world :thumb: